title: Archaea: what can we learn from their sequences?
abstract: Gene-by-gene and traditional biochemical approaches continue to reveal surprising molecular features in the archaeal domain. In addition, the complete sequencing of several archaeal genomes has further confirmed the phenotypic coherence of these micro-organisms at the molecular level. Nevertheless, the phylogeny of Archaea and the nature of the last universal common ancestor are still matters for debate.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, URA 1354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université, Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. forterre@igmors.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Forterre
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D019143:Evolution, Molecular
chemical_list: D019641:DNA, Archaeal